Tim Peters <tim.pet...@gmail.com> added the comment: > Out of interest, what does '%#.0f' % 1.5 produce on > Python 2.7/Windows?
Microsoft's float->string routines have always done "add a half and chop" rounding. So, yes, 1.5 rounds to 2 there. > ... > I suspect that we're in for some complaints when > Windows users discover that Python 3.1 string > formatting does round-half-to-even rather than > the round-half-up they're used to in Python 2.x. Historically, overall we've had more gripes from non-Windows users complaining that, e.g., 2.5 does /not/ round up to 3 -- you can't win here, so don't worry about it. X-platform consistency is incompatible with platform-specific behavior, and most users will agree consistency is overwhelmingly more important. Of course that won't deter them from complaining ;-) ---------- nosy: +tim_one _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue6198> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
